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Two year results of a randomized controlled trial of a health promotion program in a retiree population
— the Bank of America study | | Author(s) | James F Fries, Daniel A Bloch, Harry Harrington |
| Journal title | American Journal of Medicine, vol 94, May 1993 |
| Pages | pp 455-462 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Preparation [retirement] ; Employees ; Banks ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Health promotion programmes for adult and older populations have the potential both to improve health, and to decrease the costs of medical care. This study describes a successful experience with a health promotion programme for Bank of America retirees over a 24-month period, documented by a randomised controlled trial. Participation rates of 47% were achieved for those completing the 24-month trial. Overall, health risk scores improved by approximately 20%; and cost savings were approximately 20% over the initial 12 months by patient report and 10% by claims experience. Individual health habit changes were favourable in all parameters, with an average improvement of approximately 25% from baseline values. However, the following caveats should be noted in assessing these results: the use of self-report questionnaires and possible consequent bias; the accuracy of cost data analysis; and the fact that some characteristics of the intervention may not necessarily be determined from this study. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980106206 A |
| Classmark | CC: LK2: GA: WK: WNM: 3J: 7T * |
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